Constrain a shape’s proportions or orientation to equal height and width for rectangles, rounded rectangles, ellipses, and grids
Shift-drag
Move a shape while drawing it
spacebar-drag
Draw from the center of a shape (except for polygons, stars, and flares)
Option-drag
Increase or decrease polygon sides, star points, arc angle, spiral winds, or flare rays
Start dragging, then press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow
Keep the inner radius of a star constant
Start dragging, then hold down Command
Keep the sides of a star straight
Option-drag
Switch between an open and closed arc
Start dragging, then hold down C
Flip an arc, keeping the reference point constant
Start dragging, then hold down SF
Add or subtract winds from a spiral while increasing the length of the spiral
Start dragging then Option-drag
Change the decay rate of a spiral
Start dragging then Command-drag
Add or remove horizontal lines from a rectangular grid or concentric lines from a polar grid
Start dragging, then press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow
Add or remove vertical lines from a rectangular grid or radial lines from a polar grid
Start dragging, then press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow
Decrease the skew value for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10%
Start dragging, then press F
Increase the skew value for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10%
Start dragging, then press V
Decrease the skew value for vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10%
Start dragging, then press X
Increase the skew value for vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10%
Start dragging, then press C
Create and expand a Live Trace object in one step
Option-click Live Trace in the Control panel, or hold down Option and select a tracing preset.
Increase size of Blob Brush
] (right square bracket)
Decrease size of Blob Brush
[ (left square bracket)
Constrain Blob Brush path horizontally or vertically
Shift
Switch through drawing modes
Shift+D
Join two or more paths
Select the paths, then press Command+J
Create corner or smooth join
Select the anchor point, then press Shift+Command+Option+j